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B6002 crash in Erewash on 12 October 1996 at 20:24 involving a Freight Rover Sherpa minibus

A Freight Rover Sherpa minibus and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the B6002 in Erewash at 20:24 on Saturday 12 October 1996. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Freight Rover Sherpa minibus was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1996
Saturday, 20:24
Vehicles
2
Freight Rover Sherpa and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91033, longitude -1.29365, in the NG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandiacre.

Map of where the crash happened in Erewash

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996306A00642
Council area
Erewash
Police force
Derbyshire
Highway authority
Derbyshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
6002
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Freight Rover Sherpa

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Freight Rover Sherpa)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 1996306A00642 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Erewash road accident statistics for 1996.